The University has joined the international social project «The Book of Doing Good». Its author and initiator is the Charitable Fund «Pure hearts». During January volunteer students and teachers of English Philology Department have translated into English 50 children’s stories which were included to the book. Today, February 1, 2017, the rector of the University Ihor Tsependa solemnly handed over a copy of «The Book of Good» in English to the project manager, the Honorary Consul of Hungary in Ivano-Frankivsk, Vasyl Vyshyvaniuk.

The joint project of the British Council Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “New Generation School Teacher” is gaining momentum. According to the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “On conducting a pedagogical experiment on the methodological preparation of would-be teachers of English” piloting the innovative program of the methodology of teaching English started on September 1, 2016 at our university and other educational institutions participating in the project.

On 14-15 December, the University of Deusto (Spain) hosted the Project Kick-off Meeting for the participants of the International project Erasmus + КА2 «Modernization of Pedagogical Higer Education by Innovative Teaching Instruments – MoPED» (586098-EPP-1-2017-1-UA-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP). The meeting was held by the project coordinator Lyubov Zinyuk (Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University) (Ukraine) and the content co-coordinator Olga Dziabenko (University of Deusto (Spain).

Dear students and members of the staff! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The passing year was the time of serious challenges, hard work, and outstanding achievements for every single one of us, for those who study, teach, and work at our university, and for the whole Ukraine. Today, looking back on 2017, we can say with confidence that we have taken one more step forward towards achieving our goals for the benefit of our alma mater.

On December 5, 2017 the rector of the university, Ihor Tsependa, the general director of the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" Nelya Kukovalska, the rector of Kyiv theological orthodox academy, Metropolitan bishop Epiphaniy, Metropolitan bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk and Galician UOC KP Ioasaph, scholars from Kyiv took part in events at the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" in Kyiv.